Description
Festive pizza trees with puff pastry deliver holiday cheer on a crispy canvas. Triangular pastry branches hold savory cheese, herbs, and colorful toppings that welcome winter celebrations.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 roll rectangular puff pastry
- 1 ball mozzarella cheese
- ½ cup (120 ml/4 fl oz) plain tomato passata
- ½ tbsp (7.5 ml/0.25 fl oz) extra virgin olive oil
- ½ tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp dried oregano (optional)
Instructions
- Preparation: Ignite the oven to 350°F (180°C), establishing an optimal baking atmosphere for the festive pastry creations.
- Pastry Transformation: Gracefully unfurl the puff pastry onto a parchment-lined baking sheet, meticulously crafting Christmas tree silhouettes using a dedicated cookie cutter, strategically positioning them to permit expansion.
- Sauce Crafting: Merge tomato passata with salt, olive oil, and dried oregano in a mixing vessel, whisking until achieving a harmonious, velvety sauce consistency.
- Layer Construction: Artfully distribute the pizza sauce across each pastry tree, ensuring comprehensive and uniform coverage, then lavishly disperse shredded mozzarella cheese to create a luxurious, molten topping.
- Baking Technique: Position the baking sheet on the lower oven rack, allowing the pastry trees to undergo a 15-minute metamorphosis, developing a dramatic puff and acquiring a rich, golden-brown complexion.
- Serving Finale: Extract from the oven, permitting a brief cooling interval to reveal the crisp, flaky texture and bubbling cheese surface of these delectable festive pizza trees.
Notes
- Pastry Precision: Use cold, high-quality puff pastry for maximum rise and flakiness during baking.
- Sauce Technique: Pat tomato passata dry to prevent soggy pastry bottoms and ensure crisp texture.
- Cheese Selection: Choose low-moisture mozzarella to prevent excessive moisture and maintain structural integrity of the pizza trees.
- Baking Altitude: Position baking sheet on lower oven rack to promote even browning and prevent burning of delicate pastry edges.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Appetizer, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 5
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 200 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 24 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 7 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg